A4206 crash in Westminster on 18 September 2022 at 19:05 involving a BMW 5 Series
A taxi and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A4206 in Westminster at 19:05 on Sunday 18 September 2022. The 37-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Sep 2022
- Sunday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Taxi and BMW 5 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5172, longitude -0.18333, in the W2 postcode district and within the built-up area of the City of Westminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bayswater, Westminster, W2 4NG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Westminster
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022010400069
- Council area
- Westminster
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4206
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4206
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2020.
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on a C road in Westminster, 12 March 2020
2 m awayRef 2020010241754
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 22 January 2022
2 m awayRef 2022010356390
Slight
Leyland Aec crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 22 August 2003
3 m awayRef 200301DM01295
Serious
Yamaha GPD crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 9 September 2025
3 m awayRef 2025010596612
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 8 May 1989
3 m awayRef 198901DD00222
Slight
Van crash on the A4206 in Westminster, 28 November 1983
3 m awayRef 1983010DD0617
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Taxi
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 5 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2022010400069 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westminster road accident statistics for 2022.